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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from Alexander Wilbourne Weddell 



the: monument of thrasyixos 



The grotto seen in the foreground is mentioned by Pausanias ; it is now a Greek chapel. 

 The monument was destroyed by the Turks when they fired their artillery against the Acropolis 

 in 1827. The two columns above the grotto supported votive tripods, the holes in which they 

 were inserted being still visible at the top. The walls are those built by Cimon, son of the great 

 Miltiades, the victor at Marathon. 



